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CPSC Offers New Home Wiring Hazards Guide

Release Date: May 22, 1991

In observance of Electrical Safety Month held each May, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has released its Guide to Home Wiring Hazards, a 35-page booklet written to help consumer find electrical dangers in their homes before they cause fires or electrical shock.

The illustrated booklet provides guidance for pinpointing the location of problems within your electrical system before you seek professional assistance. It can also help avoid potential problems.

CPSC developed the publication after conducting hundreds of investigations of home fires and electric shock incidents. CPSC Chairman Jacqueline Jones-Smith cautioned, "This is not an instruction manual for repairing defective electrical systems. Finding specific defects in electrical systems and repairing them are jobs for qualified electrical professionals."

To order a copy send 50 cents to: Consumer Information Center, Department 477X, Pueblo, CO 81009.

Release Number
91-072

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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risk of injury associated with the use of thousands of types of consumer products. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product-related incidents cost the nation more than $1 trillion annually. Since the CPSC was established more than 50 years ago, it has worked to ensure the safety of consumer products, which has contributed to a decline in injuries associated with these products. 

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